Prospects for Indo-US cooperation in civilian nuclear energy When the Prime Minister of India and the President of the United States signed a joint Statement on July 18 last year, which included, inter alia, a move towards lifting... Arundhati Ghose | January 06, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Japan-China Rift and East Asian Security The feud between the two Asian giants is getting shriller. No sooner China had announced its 'peaceful development' policy through a White Paper than the Japanese foreign minister voiced his... G.V.C. Naidu | January 05, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Implementing the Indo-US. Nuclear Deal: A Pyrrhic Struggle Two rounds of negotiations have been held between Indian and US officials to negotiate implementing the Indo-US nuclear agreement, embedded in the Joint Statement issued by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh... P. R. Chari | January 05, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Civilian and Strategic Nuclear Facilities of India One of the major objectives of the United States in entering into the Indo-US nuclear co-operation agreement is to bring about an early freezing of the Indian weapon-usable nuclear materials... A. Gopalakrishnan | January 05, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Intel Inside: Securing IT Cities Bangalore's prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was the venue of an attack by an unidentified gun-toting killer on December 28. Delhi based professor, Professor M.C. Puri - participating in... C Uday Bhaskar | January 03, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Regional Implications of the Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism in Pakistan Muslims comprise the second largest population after Hindus in South Asia. They are, however, not a monolithic community. The rise of religious fundamentalism in Pakistan and the official patronage it... Kalim Bahadur | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Islamist Extremism: Challenge to Security in South Asia Emergence of radical and extremist Islamist movements has proved to be a major source of instability in South and Central Asia. Radical Islamist groups emphasise that political power is indispensable... K. Warikoo | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Balochistan: Continuing Violence and Its Implications State-building efforts in Pakistan have been increasingly come under challenge from ethno-national movements. The current spate of insurgency in Balochistan is a product of repressive policies coupled with historical grievances... Alok Bansal | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Warlords, Drugs and the ‘War on Terror’ in Afghanistan: The Paradoxes The US-led ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan has led to the re-establishment of the warlords, and has failed to adequately address the issue of drug menace in an effective manner.... Vishal Chandra | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka: Seeking a Transformative Way Out The long drawn out ethno-political conflict in Sri Lanka has been accepted as a serious challenge for scholars, activists, peace-makers and the expanding international community of professionals engaged in conflict-resolution/... Ashok K. Behuria | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis